A novel ant colony inspection scheme for satellite integrated smart grid by Meng Li, Ting Lyu, Chao Guo, Fuhong Lin

“…The integration of drones with smart grids for transmission line inspections facilitates early detection and mitigation of faults and potential risks, thereby enhancing network resilience while reducing problem-solving costs. To address the inefficiencies, complexities, and high expenses associated with traditional manual inspections, a pre-clustering traveling salesman problem model is developed alongside an unmanned aerial vehicle inspection strategy based on an enhanced ant colony algorithm. …”
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Impact of a Lower Conservation Budget on Road Safety Indices by M. Rojo, H. Gonzalo-Orden, A. Linares, L. dell’Olio

“…In addition, a final economic assessment demonstrates that this reduction in investment had no real economic benefits, especially as the costs of the accidents exceeded the savings in the conservation plans.…”
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Transforming Quality Management with Industry 4.0 Technologies: A Meta-Analytic Review of AI, Blockchain, IoT, and Big Data by SOUAD LAHMINE, FATIMA BENNOUNA

“…Results show that machine learning-based predictive analytics significantly reduce defect rates and production costs, while Blockchain enhances visibility into the supply chain. …”
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Accelerating structure relaxation in chemically disordered materials with a chemistry-driven model by Liying An, Huan Ma, Jinjia Liu, Wenping Guo, Xiaodong Wen

“…It can completely bypass the need for relaxation with ab initio calculations in rigid systems and reduce computational costs by 30% in flexible systems. Leveraging its exceptional structural relaxation capabilities, we have also developed a generalized workflow for screening low-energy structures in disordered materials, aimed at expediting the screening process and accelerating new material discovery.…”
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Teleultrasound: Historical Perspective and Clinical Application by Adilson Cunha Ferreira, Edward O’Mahony, Antonio Hélio Oliani, Edward Araujo Júnior, Fabricio da Silva Costa

“…Telemedicine and teleultrasonography are effective in providing diagnostic imaging services to these populations and reduce health care costs by decreasing the number and duration of hospitalizations and reducing unnecessary surgical procedures. …”
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Developing an Innovative Web-Based Application for Clusterization in Healthcare - SANINFO by Viorica BADEA, Carmen RUSU, Marius GERU, Cosmin STAMATE

“…In order to strengthen the Primary Health Care system, there is a need to design new services performed with the assistance of information technologies that can reduce the costs and increase the quality of the health care services. …”
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Implementing My PreHab Program: How digital technology helped to bridge the hospital-community gap and streamline hospital processes by Eleanor R Bills, Anastasia D Westin, Jane M Andrews

“…These complications are associated with worse psychosocial outcomes, delayed function recovery, financial costs and reduced patient flow. With increasingly constrained resources, an ageing population and growing burden of chronic disease, there are challenges in providing accessible, affordable, and safe elective surgery. …”
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MACHINE LEARNING AND DEEP LEARNING: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FOR APPLE LEAF DISEASE DETECTION by Anupam Bonkra, Sunil Pathak, Amandeep Kaur

“…Specialists or cultivators have frequently performed plant inspections, which may be costly and time-consuming. Automation of disease diagnosis is therefore crucial, particularly in areas with limited access to specialists. …”
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How to get your procedures authorized and win your appeals: Lessons learned by a prior authorization medical director by Russell H. Samson, MD, DFSVS, FACS

“…However, this process creates an administrative burden on physician practices, increases their costs, and negatively impacts work satisfaction. …”
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Evaluating the Potential of UAVs for Monitoring Fine-Scale Restoration Efforts in Hydroelectric Reservoirs by Gillian Voss, Micah May, Nancy Shackelford, Jason Kelley, Roger Stephen, Christopher Bone

“…While the reintroduction of vegetation plays a crucial role in restoring these landscapes and mitigating erosion, such efforts incur substantial costs and require detailed information to help optimize vegetation densities that effectively reduce dust storm risk. …”
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Comparison of Energy Demand for Heating and CO₂ Emissions in Urban and Rural Areas, the Case of Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary by Ferenc Kalmár, Béla Bodó, Tünde Kalmár

“…Panel buildings demonstrate the best energy performance from their construction period, but due to high investment costs and the inability to change the heat source, the CO₂ emissions from these buildings have a lower limit today. …”
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Serum liquid biopsy for brain tumours: a scoping analysis of practicable approaches in low- and middle-income countries by Mohammad Hamza Bajwa, Muhammad Awais Khan, Faiza Urooj, Muhammad Usman Khalid, Syed Ather Enam, Hafiza Fatima Aziz, Kaynat Siddiqui, Muhammad Ehsan Bari, Nouman Mughal

“… Approaches to brain tumour diagnosis and detecting recurrence after treatment are costly and significantly invasive. Developing peripheral-sample liquid biopsy tools is the key to enhancing our ability to prognosticate brain tumour subtypes and molecular heterogeneity. …”
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Analysis of Machine Learning Performance in Spatial Interpolation of Rainfall Data by Alexandre E. L. Nobrega, Itamir M. Barroca Filho

“…With technological advancements, machine learning techniques have emerged as more efficient and computationally less costly alternatives for performing spatial interpolation calculations. …”
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Comparative analysis of flat heat pipe heat exchanger with conventional heat recovery systems in steel industry by Shanmugam M., Sundararaj S., Krithick S., Mowleeswaran S., Visva K., Yoga Prasath S.

“…The steel industry relies on heating for the majority of its energy needs. Reduced production costs and emissions of greenhouse gases are two major benefits of recovering residual heat. …”
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Optimization Design and Operation Analysis of Integrated Energy System for Rural Active Net-Zero Energy Buildings by Jingshuai Pang, Yi Guo, Ruiqi Wang, Hongyin Chen, Zheng Wu, Manzheng Zhang, Yuanfu Li

“…For typical daily cooling/heating/power loads, equipment output is scheduled using a dual-objective optimization model minimizing operating costs and CO₂ emissions. Results demonstrate that: (1) Net-zero-energy IES outperforms separated production (SP) and full electrification systems (FES) in economic-environmental benefits; (2) Zero-energy IES significantly reduces rural building carbon emissions. …”
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Historical overview of the dementia syndrome's emergence and evolution by Eslaidi Mendoza Clavel, Juana Adela Fong Estrada, Ariadna Céspedes Moncada

“…This disease generates great bio-psycho-social concern, as well as being the most costly disease faced by health services, and having a considerable impact on the family and on society worldwide. …”
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Government Influence on AI investment and energy leakage mitigation technology in SCM: Duality modeling and scenario analysis by Jafar Hussain, Benjamin Lev, Jifan Ren

“…The findings reveal that while the introduction of EL taxes initially increases operational costs, it effectively causes an improvement in energy efficiency. …”
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Advances in cotton harvesting aids by Zhangshu Xie, Xuefang Xie, Yeling Qin, Dan Yang, Zhonghua Zhou, Qiming Wang, Aiyu Liu, Xiaoju Tu

“…Through these contributions, it aims to provide valuable insights for the research and application of efficient harvesting of mature cotton, stimulate innovation in cotton defoliation and ripening technologies, enhance the quality and yield of cotton, reduce labor costs, and contribute to the sustainable development of the cotton industry.…”
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NONLINEAR TRACKING CONTROL FOR PREY STABILIZATION IN PREDATOR-PREY MODEL USING BACKSTEPPING by Khozin Mu`tamar, Janson Naiborhu, Roberd Saragih, Dewi Handayani

“…This method minimizes costs, with the constraint function being the model dynamics. …”
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An Introduction to Harvest Tags for Marine Recreational Fisheries by Edward Camp, Zachary Siders, Andrew Ropicki, Frank Asche

“…This publication describes harvest tag approaches, discussing how they are already used in fishing and hunting and describing some of the potential benefits and costs if they were applied in Florida. …”
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